#pity

I used to think it a pity that her mother rather than she had not thought of birth control. ↗

— Muriel Spark

#birth control #control #had #her #i

I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

#congratulate #his #i #knew #man

Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman. ↗

— Vicki Baum

#feeling #offered #pity #woman

I had to work in one of the most beautiful ski resorts in the world for almost three weeks. Pity me. ↗

— David Duchovny

#beautiful #had #i #me #most

Pity is treason. ↗

— Maximilien Robespierre

#treason

Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others' company. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#any #character #chief #company #his

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#compassion #fool #happiness #most #naturally

Sensual excess drives out pity in man. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#excess #man #out #pity #sensual

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#knowledge #life #longing #love #mankind

Vital lives are about action. You can't feel warmth unless you create it, can't feel delight until you play,can't know serendipity unless you risk. ↗

— Joan Erickson

#inspiration #life #risk #serendipity #art